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| | | (...) I've been told that hauling this much weight (which applies to either arrangement) can be really bad for the motors. What experience do you have with this? Do the motors take it well? -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Broken Monorail Motor —Cary Clark
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| | | | | In lugnet.trains, Tony Hafner writes: ... (...) The four car monorails have been run for eight hours straight and multiple days (on one battery) with no visible ill effects at train shows. The monorail surprisingly runs at exactly the same speed up (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Broken Monorail Motor —Tony Hafner
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| | | | | | | (...) I usually try to avoid the crashes... I'm thinking about trying to implement a crude block system that keeps two cars from doing this. First, I have to come up with a reliable motorized point! In another post, Mike gave this link with a (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Broken Monorail Motor —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Why? Don't you just need a way to stop the monorail under RCX control? That requires a reliable motorized reverser/stop control track it seems to me... (I have been tinkering but don't have a good design yet, the thing you pivot is very stiff (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Broken Monorail Motor —Tony Hafner
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) The RCX is often used as a very expensive and overengineered way to solve simple problems. Sure... I *could* try that approach. But I'd rather do it mechanically. And $200 (or thereabouts) for a relay would cut very deeply into my Lego budget. (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Broken Monorail Motor —Cary Clark
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| | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Tony Hafner writes: ... (...) ... Here's some pictures of the cover; let me know if it's not clear enough: (URL) train runs fine forwards and backwards. As Mike Walsh remembers, running backwards, it can't push closed a switching (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Broken Monorail Motor —Ludo Soete
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| | | | | | (...) <snip> (...) Remark that rechargeble batteries have a LOWER voltage (8.4V) than a regular battery (9V). This causes a speed difference, and there's also some tollerance om those toy motor speed too. Take a test with some train motors, 2 (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Broken Monorail Motor —Mike Walsh
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| | | | "Tony Hafner" <hafhead@PANTSplanetquake.com> wrote in message news:Gq045z.Fsw@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) Think: (...) monorail (...) have (...) Actually, Cary and I have our four car monorail trains configured differently. Cary's has the motor (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Broken Monorail Motor —Frank Filz
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| | | | | (...) Oops... That will teach me to rely on my memory, somehow I thought one of you had re-arranged your cars (I do remember that Mike's was as described when he first showed it to me - perhaps Cary switched to the motor in the center). Oh well, (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Broken Monorail Motor —Tony Hafner
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| | | | (...) Cool. Have you run one on a track that includes reverses, or did the monorails just run loops? I wonder if the additional weight might cause a bit of trouble when the motor suddenly switches directions. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Broken Monorail Motor —Mike Walsh
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| | | | "Tony Hafner" <hafhead@PANTSplanetquake.com> wrote in message news:Gq1nvs.I13@lugnet.com... (...) last (...) the (...) of (...) The reversing switches work just fine, we have had some problems with using the automated switching feature of the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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